Entry #1 Extended Response. Jewel. Section 4In this section, Cash is working on Addie's coffin right in front of her window.
Durn that Cash. "Ooh mommy look at me. I'm your golden boy. Aint I building you the finest box?" Yea that time when he brought the dung in that bread pan. Yea she should have baked him a loaf of that dung and then fed it to the fool kid. He don't care nothing about her comfort. Ma laying there dying while he just keeps hammering away. Hammering away. Hammering away. Sawing. He just wants everyone passing by to pat him on his head. "Oh Cash. Look at what a good carpenter you are. Look at what a fine box he's building for his ma." I wish they would all just go away and let my ma alone. Dewey Dell just standing there stirring up the air not giving her any peace. Why can't they all just go away. I can take care of ma. I'd just like to see them all disappear. The rest of them's all useless. I'd like to just take her away from all of them so that she could get some rest and then maybe she'd feel better.
Entry #3 Peabody's Diary Response to Section 11In this section Anse has finally sent for Peabody to see Addie, even though it's too late for her.
Dear Diary,
Well, Anse finally sent for me to come and see about Addie. Why did the durn fool wait so long. He knows I would've came whether or not he could pay me. And what a time to call me, too. I'll be lucky to make it back alive myself with this weather coming on. A fat man my age trying to get up that hill. Oh, look at Addie. Yea, poor old Addie, there's nothing I can do for her now. She's don't have much longer in this world. She aint moving, but she got her eyes on that young boy. It's too late. That woman's life was a long, hard one. This is the end for Addie Bundren.
It's time for me to go. I waited long enough. Anse is standing here at my bed with my youngest. Dewey Dell's just about worked her arm out to death fanning me these ten days. And I'm grateful. I'm looking for my Jewel. But Anse is telling me that my Jewel and Darl went to make three dollars. Damn that Anse. I can't wait for those boys. I yell for Cash. He's working on my box. Well he's just gonna to have to get it done, because I'm ready to go. I can't wait on those boys anymore. But I sure would have liked to have seen them. I can't wait on my box. Cash will soon get it done. I can see it from my window. It's a fine piece of work. Dewey Dell is gonna wear her hand out fanning me here. I'm looking into the eyes of my youngest baby. Well, Dewey Dell will look after him. I'm tired now. I'm so tired. I have to go. This is what you might think I am thinking as I lay dying, but what I'm really thinking is that I'm so glad of finally being rid of this family and the burden of these children. I'll finally have quiet and take comfort in knowing that they will have to go through hell to get my rotting, dead body to Jefferson.
Entry #5 Section 13 VardamanThis section shows Vardaman's reaction to Addie's death. Vardaman thinks that Peabody has killed Addie, so he is really upset with her. He also thinks that his mother is a fish, but that now she is dead, she is not-fish. He also cries then vomits, the there is silence in the barn.
Entry #6 William Faulkner's voice on Section 24.In this section, Vardaman is trying to relate his mother being a fish to Jewel' mother being a horse to Darl having no mother.
Now what does that boy mean by sitting here laughing like a fool while his mother's lying dead. This is exactly the sort of thing that gets folk a-talking about him and his queer ways. No
t that I care what people say, but that's just reflecting on his poor dead ma. Folks will talk about how she didn't raise him right. Lord knows, a man gotta wonder about what would make someone giddy wtih laughter in a time of mourning. And then here comes Jewel. What does he mean by bringing that horse. Addie meant for all of our children to be in the wagon with her. Here I am doing the best I can to see to Addie's wishes. And the good Lord knows that I am, but these durn boys are making it pretty hard. But He knows that I am doing right by Addie and He will see to it that I get them teeth.
Entry #8 Section 40. Addie.In this section, we get to see how Addie was like when she was alive, and how her life was. We find how she is a very different person than we expected her to be. We see that Addie is very selfish and does not care about her kids. She feels a violation of her aloneness when her kids are born. She also does not believe in things like love and motherhood, because to her, they are just empty-words.
Entry #9 Newspaper
In this section, Moseley narrates when the Bundrens come through town.
Entry #10 In this section Darl is being sent away to an insane institution.
As I Lay Dying
Entry #1 Extended Response. Jewel. Section 4In this section, Cash is working on Addie's coffin right in front of her window.
Durn that Cash. "Ooh mommy look at me. I'm your golden boy. Aint I building you the finest box?" Yea that time when he brought the dung in that bread pan. Yea she should have baked him a loaf of that dung and then fed it to the fool kid. He don't care nothing about her comfort. Ma laying there dying while he just keeps hammering away. Hammering away. Hammering away. Sawing. He just wants everyone passing by to pat him on his head. "Oh Cash. Look at what a good carpenter you are. Look at what a fine box he's building for his ma." I wish they would all just go away and let my ma alone. Dewey Dell just standing there stirring up the air not giving her any peace. Why can't they all just go away. I can take care of ma. I'd just like to see them all disappear. The rest of them's all useless. I'd like to just take her away from all of them so that she could get some rest and then maybe she'd feel better.
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Entry #2 Poem. Dewey Dell. Section 7.In this section Dewey Dell and Lafe are picking cotton down the row.
Down the row filling the sack
Head for the shade, to lay with Lafe
I said that I won't, but I couldn't help it
Now my sack is full and Darl knows it
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Entry #3 Peabody's Diary Response to Section 11In this section Anse has finally sent for Peabody to see Addie, even though it's too late for her.
Dear Diary,
Well, Anse finally sent for me to come and see about Addie. Why did the durn fool wait so long. He knows I would've came whether or not he could pay me. And what a time to call me, too. I'll be lucky to make it back alive myself with this weather coming on. A fat man my age trying to get up that hill. Oh, look at Addie. Yea, poor old Addie, there's nothing I can do for her now. She's don't have much longer in this world. She aint moving, but she got her eyes on that young boy. It's too late. That woman's life was a long, hard one. This is the end for Addie Bundren.
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Entry #4 Addie's Reaction to Section 12.In this section Darl narrates how Addie dies.
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It's time for me to go. I waited long enough. Anse is standing here at my bed with my youngest. Dewey Dell's just about worked her arm out to death fanning me these ten days. And I'm grateful. I'm looking for my Jewel. But Anse is telling me that my Jewel and Darl went to make three dollars. Damn that Anse. I can't wait for those boys. I yell for Cash. He's working on my box. Well he's just gonna to have to get it done, because I'm ready to go. I can't wait on those boys anymore. But I sure would have liked to have seen them. I can't wait on my box. Cash will soon get it done. I can see it from my window. It's a fine piece of work. Dewey Dell is gonna wear her hand out fanning me here. I'm looking into the eyes of my youngest baby. Well, Dewey Dell will look after him. I'm tired now. I'm so tired. I have to go. This is what you might think I am thinking as I lay dying, but what I'm really thinking is that I'm so glad of finally being rid of this family and the burden of these children. I'll finally have quiet and take comfort in knowing that they will have to go through hell to get my rotting, dead body to Jefferson.
Entry #5 Section 13 VardamanThis section shows Vardaman's reaction to Addie's death. Vardaman thinks that Peabody has killed Addie, so he is really upset with her. He also thinks that his mother is a fish, but that now she is dead, she is not-fish. He also cries then vomits, the there is silence in the barn.
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Entry #6 William Faulkner's voice on Section 24.In this section, Vardaman is trying to relate his mother being a fish to Jewel' mother being a horse to Darl having no mother.
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Entry #7 Anse's Extended Response to Section 26.In this section Anse narrates how Darl is sitting on top of Addie's coffin in the wagon, laughing.
Now what does that boy mean by sitting here laughing like a fool while his mother's lying dead. This is exactly the sort of thing that gets folk a-talking about him and his queer ways. No
t that I care what people say, but that's just reflecting on his poor dead ma. Folks will talk about how she didn't raise him right. Lord knows, a man gotta wonder about what would make someone giddy wtih laughter in a time of mourning. And then here comes Jewel. What does he mean by bringing that horse. Addie meant for all of our children to be in the wagon with her. Here I am doing the best I can to see to Addie's wishes. And the good Lord knows that I am, but these durn boys are making it pretty hard. But He knows that I am doing right by Addie and He will see to it that I get them teeth.<div xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" about="http://www.flickr.com/photos/daveynin/1973636251/"><a rel="cc:attributionURL" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/daveynin/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/daveynin/</a> / <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">CC BY 2.0</a></div>
Entry #8 Section 40. Addie.In this section, we get to see how Addie was like when she was alive, and how her life was. We find how she is a very different person than we expected her to be. We see that Addie is very selfish and does not care about her kids. She feels a violation of her aloneness when her kids are born. She also does not believe in things like love and motherhood, because to her, they are just empty-words.
Entry #9 Newspaper
In this section, Moseley narrates when the Bundrens come through town.
Entry #10
In this section Darl is being sent away to an insane institution.